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Zurich Herald, 1919-09-05, Page 61 es F PURCHASE By ERNEST ELWOOD STANFORD. III. "Got enough worthless critters, Mearivehile closely attended by snubbed Durena with a shiver. Babe, the "critter" plodded through, "Shows you wa'n't never intended the chores. Various methods of des -I fa;' an old maid--" Marcellus broke posing of the intelligent anima' flitted i off in surprise and terror at the first through the victim's mi::d. They;spontaneous, truly gallant speech of ranged from shutting him in the cow; his ilfe. stable to stn alfa • hint on the pitch-! "I tosilate you'd better get your Hess in his arms. Perhaps it was • a fork.; but, somehow, just as he had milk pail," said Dorena after a not- vision of golden pies and juicy ehort- screwed up his courage to the sticking iceable rause. But Marcellus noted a cakes, contrasted with a cheerless past point Babe wohis c! open his mouth and rosy flush on her averted face, which of nauseous man -cooking in a tiniie- yawn prodigiously, after which den-, looked strangely youthful just then, scorched frying pan. Perhaps it was tal display Marcellus would devote and a curiously ttarnm and unfamiliar the suffering Kellogg farm lands. himself earnestly to the business in, feeling played about his heart. Marcellus spoke with brutal, maseu- i The next day he , saw a chance for line directness. ed the table, and sniffed hungrily at the steaming pie. "Babe! Babe!" screamed the stricken Denim, Bat the doughty Babe, his one- cyl- indexed mind -fully "occupied, was half a mile away and getting further every minute. Slowly Marcellus grasped the situa- tion. Dorena clung tight--•er. "Oh, 'Cellus," she moaned, "take it away! I was only foolin'. 'Celsus, I never meant nothin'. Taken it away! And you can go too. Take .it awa-ay." Perhaps it was the unaccustomed sensation of shrinking, feminine weak - "I ain't goin' to have no scandal! more active chivalry. Marcellus, as he about this business," announced Dar- returned for supper, saw through a one, when the chores wen finished.i window a sight that made his blood "So you'll skE.ep in that shed out run cold. Dorena knelt before the there. Babe stays just outside, and remise, removing a golden -brown trakeful ani' apt to be chicken pie whose fragrance seemed "Doreny, I'll put that cat out on just one condition: Will you cook ---I mean—will you marry me?" . Dorena gasped, looked up again, and spied the cat. Dorena clung closer. hes sot o cross o' nights, so if I was you I to pierce the very window pane. Be- "Y -yes, Marcelles," she whispered. wouldn't ci:.:sturb hien. You needn't hind her, stolen in unseen, a burly, 11 do anything—but put out that with outstretched re- !„ "See the parson to -night?" demand- ed Marcellus inexorably'. worry about your farm an' stock. I tattered tramp s'pose I might say I took over your volver. prop'ty along with you. Anyhow, I'll "Hands ups" growled the tramp. ol see it don't suffer." i Dcrents wldrled. Marcellus felt a -yrs!" �� The shed, far from palatial, had blazing, valorous impulse to' dash to "'Poison Babe?" been fitted for habitation rather hast-; the rescue—of that pie. "Yes!" • • -, ily, but somehow M-ircellus, as he A hot chicken pie of proper size, "A woman needs somebody t' look fingered the snowy sheets and armee-, however flaky, cannot support itself after her," murmured Marcellus hup- ciatively tested the mattress, felt lit- unaided in midair, nor can it even be pily as he hitched up for the trip to tle longing for the tumbled cot at held in one hand. And the canons of the parson's. home j Sledder's Corner demand that worn- Meanwhile, in the dusk of t.ie wood - "She's a cook, too," he ruminated. an's skirts be worn to the ground— shed, a fluttering bride-to-be placed a. "A master fine cook. An' cute— and kept there. As this veracious saucer of milk. nighty cute. A wonderful manager ' chronicle truly shows, Dorena Kellogg "Nice kitty!" said Dorena Kellogg. —as much as it'give a woman to be was no woman to fly in the face of n�ss (The End.) But fer farmin' -"—he shook his head convention. Neve"theless it happened •:,- sadly—"she's let that wuthlees Sam —juet how clay never be known— MULTIPLE THINKING, Loftus raise partic'lar Cain with. one that the revolver hit the ceiling ---- o' the best farms hi town. 'S a shame." . smartly even before the pie, to Mar- It has been asserted that the brain If MMfarcellus had hoped far the mor-; cellus' infinite relief, arrived safely can function directly upon only one 'm hi- at the table. From somewhere a fry- thought at a time and that the ap- row to moderate the rigors o condition he was doomed to disap- ing-pan inverted itself over the in- parent multitude of matters consider -ter advantage than can private cor- pointment. When he demurred at trudee's head. As he freed himself, ed by the mind in a minimum of time . beirouted from his slumbers at an Dorena, investigating the workings of is due to the rapidity with which potations or individuals., The Quebec being hour earlier than he had seen in years, the captured firearm, creased his shin thought shoves fromone to the other. 1 companies, however, have acquired Dorena promised to help his arising with a 'bullet. With a yell he demon-' For instance, two objects that forth t considerable areas f cheap land in in five minutes by the clock. Marcellus strated that the inured limb was es- . � one mental picture, as two horses, 1 fee simple. They established their demi. resource to become depleted. dressed in two. She fed him bounte- sentially sound, the tardy Babe, a may be visualized at once; yet distant own nurseries and these will be grad .tally enlarged until they, will furnish Anyone who now prates about Cana- ously on buckwheats and maple 'lasses couple of jumps behind. The tramp, i things, as a city and a mountain, are sufficient seedlings to keen pace with dean forests being "vast beyond coni and sent him, hoe in hand, to greet with but two legs, was built for speed,; entertained by the menta] faculties, the planting. As practically no seed Prehension," "illimitable," or "inex- haustible," rising sun in the cornfield. Noon, whereas Babe, though with four, was not at the same instant, but in rapid of Canadian trees is now obtainable:. seed should be regarded as an however, brought savory ronsolation, not. But it was a remarkably even •succession, it is being i trees d,from Europe, but enemy of the country. 'and supper—strawberry shortcake! i thing. 1 Take the example of a man seated in bine it should be possible to ab- �� But neither That day nor the next' "Bring in, the mop when you come,"' at a piano and singing. Before' hila did she allow him speech with his called Dorena. "I'm sorry I spilled { is the sheet of music, perhaps new to kind. Whatever could people be say- the potatoes. I'd fixed 'em up special. him. In the lines and spaces thenotes ing? Marcellus Bradley, the sharpest 0 -0 -vs! My gracious gassiness me! have different meanings or places in. hard, " t hth d 1 O00000wn" RFS ION NEEDED IN CANADA BIG SCHEME BEINda CARRI7 IEOUT IN QUEBEC. Replanting of Forests to Sustain the Pulp and Pape Industry is a Necessary Undertaking. Perhaps the largest reforestation scheme ever, undertaken in Ctanada is being carried out in Quebec this year. The Laurentide Company, of Grand'- mere is planting over 1,000,000 seed- lings, mostly Norway spruce, with some white, Scotch and jack pine and balsam. The Riordon Company, of St. Tovite, is also planting 760,000 seed- lings. Much the greater number of the seedlings used are imported from forest nurseries in the United States, which, in turn, procured the seed some three or four years ago from. Northern Europe. These companies hope soon to plant every year at least one tree for every ane removed by them. Naturally such a large scheme of reforestation de- manded the building up of a large or- ganization, as well as the carrying out of much experimental work, all of which involved a large outlay of capi- tal. It goes without saying that such a task would not have been under- talen if the Hien who control the com- panies were not convinced that it was a good investment, and that only by such means could their deforested lands be made productive before their available supplies of limber were ex- hausted. Forest culture presupposes long-term investments and, conse- quently, the necessity of a mininuim outlay in land and preliminary ex- penses. For this reason it is general- ly considered to be an undertaking which governments can handle to bet - AND WITH TOMATO, C -HLI, OR PLAIN SAUCEJCE Womeglt1whe provide, —Menwhoworkharcd, — all Children who playplayw —all profit from a meal of "Clark's" Pork and Beans, and enjoy the tasty, well cooked, strength giving food. The purity of "CLARE'S" PORK AND BEANS and OTHER - GOOD THINGS is guaranteed by the Goveraiment legend on every can. W. CLARK, LIMITED MONTREAL C, ,489 warnings of those who, for more than a generation, have been pointing out the menace of .permitting a great na- "trader " --in Own, tang in a ay ea - - - ; the octave of the keyboard, acssoreslotk and held in durance by a woman! .And Marcellus turned, tripped over the; as they are in the bass or the7eble nobody would ever believe he hadn't mop, and tumbled headlong through) clef. The player's two hands are meant to cheat her! To add a Iittle the door. Dorena cannoned against! busied with these two lines of music, bogus weight in trading with a man him. -Somehow in the mixup a pro- ( which are thus of slightly different was nothing more than "cute," but{ tecting arm slipped round a waist meaning and are altogether different Shedder's Corner—and Marcellus—,which never before had sought pro- in in performance, having in common had certain rudimentary notions of, tection, and a terrified feminine face only harmony and time. There are chivalry. But Babe was ever-present.; sheltered itself on a sturdy shoulder. also the composer's annotations, or Marcellus, despite himself, , took al "O -o -o -w! Take it away!" directions for emphasis, to which the player gives regard or not, as he pleases. Then there are the printed, words of the song to be read and to be sung. Also the playeies foot must manifest tribute to her cooking. They ; ossein Somehow, probably when the sometimes operate the pedal, which, good husbandrnan's pride in correcting' Marcellus' biceps swelle.1, a the misdeeds of the despicable Sam fist bulged menacingly. Loft is. Dorena, for her part, could, "What? Where?" but soften under the unspoken but' Dorena pointed, then hill her face even got to ' conversing amicably— whole sentences at a time. "I see you don't keep a cat," ob- served Marcellus one morning. tramp had opened the door, a tiny, in addition, it is the experence that half-starved white kitten had slipped unrelated -thoughts enter his mind; the into the room. In the tumult it bad probable pleasure or dislike of the passed unnoticed, but now it had gain- audience and even memories recent or far in the past. With all that the Eccentric Men andheir Queerness tinea must be executed in proper That possession of Hutch of the world's goods is frequently attended by the manifestation of the weirdest eccentricities on the part of the own- ers is amusingly illustrated by the following curious instances:— In Vienna lived a wealthy man, a Pole of noble origin, occupying sump- tuous apartments in the heart of the capital's fashionable quarter, who, when he wished to summon his ser- vants, did so by means of bugle calls. A favorite pastime of this eccentric was to drive a stage, attired like any ordinary driver of such a vehicle, wherever he mght find aristocratic fares to be most numerous. The Viennese asserted that while he spent a fortune each year upon his raiment yet he was never clad in any save the discarded garments of his valet. On one occasion the Pole as- tounded the guests at a ball by ap- pearing in a costume of pure white, with the notable exceptions of shirt and tie, which were entirely black. To complete the oddities, it may be added that when dining, which he in- variably did alone at a table d'hote, he maintained his reputation for crankiness by reversing the usual ar- tier of things and beginning his meal with a lemitasse, working backward to the soup. It was not long ago that there died in an Eastern town a wealthy eccen- trle who, though he had never for years boon outside the grounds sur- rounding his residence, was accus- tomed to boant each day that he had, walked to certain towns, generally at a great....distan"ce from his house. .What he actually did was this:-- Wllenever he decided that it would be an ext ellent idea. to visit 0 distant town the ascertained its exact distance from his shame and covered it on foot Thus at the same instant the per- former may be busied with four.,liaes on a carefully measured walking track of text; two of the notes, one of the maintained on his premises for this musical annotation, one of words; his purpose. Should he desire to call on `foot operating the pedal, his two his friends near by he would do so by hands finding the notes on the key - proxy, at the same time conducting a board to which he occasionally looks, conversation with then) by means of while his voice is engaged in song, and the servants, whom he sent in relays his emotions enter into the singing with certain questions, with strict in- and playing, together with thought of junctions to bring the answers as external, unrelated matters. speedily as possible, It seems too much to allow the ,ar- A well known Parisian, according to gument here that the entire reading is his own statement, for many years de- done with infinite rapidity between fieri the weather by drinking a solu- the playing of the notes, and that the tion of camphor, which, in his opinion, mind then directs the hands to press was an excellent substitute for cloth- the keys and the voice to sing at the ing. It was said that winter and sump- proper moment, and then releases it - mer alike found him sleeping without self from that part in order to sweep a particle of clothing, with the win- across the four lines of text for the dows of his apartment thrown wide next measure or part of a measure. It is true that the muscles have seine automatic powers, yet there must be some mental supervision simultaneous- ly directed over the complete per- formance. open, It was his custom also to stroll in the garden, even on bitterly cold nights, in a garment much resembling that ordinarily worn by normal people only at night, Among the wealthy eccentrics of England was a man who lived near Hastings. His fad excited much at- tention and amusement among his .neighbors. Punctually at noon each day he would a.ppear in his front yard, with a crimson turban on his head, his feet covered with richly embroid- ered and jeweled sandals, and with a coolie clout round his waist. Then, absolutely indifferent to the hoots of the people in the street, he would first pray aloud to the sun, "the father of light and good," and immediately afterward prostrate himself before a, quaint miniature temple wherein was enshrined -a grotesque idol with dia- mond eyes. What made his eccentilci- ty remarkable was the fact that he was not of Eastern origin, nor had he ever been converted to any religious faith or cult of the East, Writer's Cramp. Writer's cramp does not interfere with other manipulations of the af- fected hand. A prominent surgeon, now totally unable to write, uses the affected hand easily to perform all the delicate and varied manipulations incidental to abdominal stu'gery. Complete rest of the hand, massage and electrical treatment may afford relief, but the trouble is likely to re- cur. Some victims learn to write with the left hand, but the disease is prone to extend into the newly -trained member, e The method of wilting from the el- bow or shoulder instead of frons the knuckle prevents writer's cramp Af- fected.,Persons can use the typewrit- ing machine perfectly, idinard's Liniment OUrea i<taufl,uif., tain native seed. It is, for example, not yet definitely known how Norway spruce will grow under Canadian con- ditions. A vast amount of experiment- al work, requiring several years' time, heivard's Liniment for sale everywhere. New Apple Pancakes. One cup flour, one and a half cups milk, two eggs, half' teaspoon salt, will be necessary to decide this -point. Sift the flour and salt into bowl, add In order to avoid any delay, the com- the milk and well -beaten eggs; beat 5 minutes. Have an iron pan very hot, remove from fire, put in one teaspoon of fat; shake pan so the batter will reach around. Shake pan the same as you would wilen frying an omelet. When nice and brown on both sides, spread with apple sauce, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, and roll same as an omelet. panics are engaging in this experi- mental work in co-operation with the Commission of Conservation e0 -inci- dently with their planting. Europe Sets An Example. It is to be regretted that the several provincial governments which have control of their forests should permit great areas of cut -over forest to re- main idle until the time has been reached when private enterprise "must" undertake the task in order to prevent the declne of the timber and pulp industries. The provinces might well learn from the peoples of Europe, who have been practising state forestry for more than a century. It is long past the time for heeding the All grades. TORONTO G. J. CLIFF Write for prices. SALT WORKS • - TORONTO 16 enovates and preserves stove pees—easy to apply For Sale by An eaters FIR LOSSES IN THIS DOMINION ION SEND IT TO EXPERTS 5 Parker's can clean or dye carpets, curtains, laces, draperies, gowns, etc., and make them look like new. Send your faded or spotted clothing or household goods, and PR will renew them. 5 We pay carriage charges one way and guarantee satisfactory work, - Our booklet on household helps that save money will be sent free on request to PARKER'S DYE WORKS, Limited Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yo"nge St. Toronto rAr • .sr .,' etue: Weal -see T BRINGING THE MATTER HOME, TO' THE INDIVIDUAL. Amendment to the Criminal Code Es- tablished Personal Responsibility For Fires. At the last session of the Dominion. Parliament, amendments to the Crim- inal Code, dealing with'tile fire waste,. were passed at the recommendations of the Dominion Fire Prevention Com- mittee, and following up the suggese tions of the Commission of Conserve-• tion as contained in the report Fire' Waste in Canada, The amendments place the responsibility for outbreaks of fire and for failure to provide pro- per apparatus for the extinguishment of fire or the escape of persons in the buildings in case of fire. The amend - Monts were as follows: 1. Section -five hundred and fittenn of The •Criminal Code is amended by inserting the following subsection immediately before subsection two thereof:— "(1A). hereof:—"(1A). Every one is guilty of" an in- dictable offence and liable to two years' imprisonment who by negli- gence causes any fire which occasions, loss of life or loss of property. "That person owning, occupying or controlling the premises in which such a fire occurs, or on which such fire originates, shall be deemed to have caused the fire through negligence if such person has failed to obey the re- quirements, of any law intended to prevent fires or which requires ap- lfaratus for the extinguishment of fires or to facilitate the escape of per. sons in the event of fire, if the jury finds that such fire, or the loss of life, or the whole or any substantial por- tion of the loss of property, would, not have occurred if such law hap. `been complied with. Further Amendments to. Code. 2. The sail Act is further amender): by inserting : immediately .after .sec- tion five hundred and fifteen the fol- lowing section:— "515a. In any case where any fire insurance company which carries any policy of fire insurance on the proper• ty, or any Dominion, provincial or municipal fire officer or authorityre- commends that the owner, lessee or other person controlling or operating'''. any building, structure factory, 'ships yard, vessel, dock, wharf, pier, saw- mill, or yard in which logs or lumber are stored or held, should make any change or alteration in such building, structure, factory, shipyard, vessel, dock, wharf, sawmill, pier or yard, re- move"'any material therefrom,• or sup- ply any apparatus therefor, with a view of reducing the risk of fire or for the extinguishing of fire, and such recommendation is approved by , any officer in the service of His Ma- jesty, thereto authorized by the Gover nor in Council; and notice of such re- commendation and of such, approval thereof has been served personally upon or forwarcled by registered mail to such owner, lessee, or other person, and such owner, lessee or other pen son refuses or neglects to forthwith carry out such recommendation, such owner, lessee or other person shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine. not exceeding one thousand dols lars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, or to both fine and imprisonment." At the meeting of the Dominion Fire Prevention. Committee at Ottawa on May 9, Mr. G. D. Findlayson, the hondrary secretary, and Superinten- dent.of Insurance, interpreted the first clause of the amendment as follows: "Under the first clause, any person • upon whose premises fire occurs is deemed to have caused the fire by negligence if 'he has failed to comply with any regulations designed to pre- vent fire. Non-compliance is the proof of negligence, and this is a question of fact to be determined by a jury. Notification of a breach of. the law is not provided for, as every person is presumed to be familiar with the law" ,; This drastic legislation should be given widespread publicity, as it will have a most important bearng upon the enormous lire losses of Canada, as well as upon the great loss of life therefrom. Self -Controlled Aircraft. For some time experiments have been carried out in various countries with the object of controlling aircraft from the ground, and a French ma- chine - steeceeded recently—on a pre- scribed course with certain specified detours --in covering a distance of 180 kilometers (about 110 miles), and in landing, when required, in a certain) airdrome. h' Order machine hats been developed in the'United States which, according to a recent statement of Secretary of 'War Baker, can travel without a pilot Sonne 100 utiles ancj land close to a designated pa:.t.